Industrial Revolution was a boon as well as a curse. How?
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The growth of industries has resulted in large scale production of goods which are available to the consumer at much cheaper rates.
There is saving of time and labor.
Industrialization has resulted in a considerable rise in the standard of living of the people.
A number of substitutes in consumer goods are available. The customer get wide variety of choices.
There are means to control and check the colossal wastage of human energy that can be used otherwise.
Industrialization creates new job opportunities, leading to the removal of poverty to a great extent.
Industrialization has also resulted in the development of new modes of transport making quick export and import possible. The world has become a small place.
Both a burden and a blessing were associated with the Industrial Revolution.
- The tragic and cruel events of the Industrial Revolution were viewed as a curse.
- Coal mining and factories were some of the incidents that led some people to think it was a curse.
- At the time, coal mining was a major cause of fatalities. Working in the industry sometimes required having a death wish.
- The mines contained dangerous chemicals and were unsafe. By the nineteenth century, women were also discovered working in mines.
- Families in their entirety may be seen working together in the mines, where they essentially resided. Black Lung disease was also extremely common among coal miners.
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